{"id":7201,"date":"2025-09-16T07:10:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T07:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=7201"},"modified":"2025-09-16T07:10:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T07:10:16","slug":"abomination48-year-old-man-arrested-for-allegedly-defiling-12-years-girl-inside-keke-tricycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/16\/abomination48-year-old-man-arrested-for-allegedly-defiling-12-years-girl-inside-keke-tricycle\/","title":{"rendered":"Abomination!,48 year-old man arrested for allegedly defiling 12 years girl inside keke tricycle\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">By Our Correspondent<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A 48-year-old man identified as Emmanuel George, has been arrested by the Police for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl inside a tricycle in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Grace Iringe-Koko who disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Monday said the incident happened September 6th, 2025 at Mini-Olu axis in Obio-Akpor local government area of the state.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to the PPRO, the suspect, George, who hails from Akwa Ibom State, was arrested by operatives of the officers attached to the CP Strike Force, Port Harcourt, following a distress call reporting that the 12-year old victim who came to spend the holiday with her aunt, had been defiled.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Iringe-Koko said the suspect during interrogation, confessed to the crime.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She said, &#8220;The victim, who was sent by her aunt to buy some fried potatoes along the street not too far from the house, was unfortunately attacked by one Emmanuel George \u2018m\u2019, aged 48 years, a native of Akwa Ibom State but resident at Close 6, Rumu-Evolu Road, off Ada-George Road, Port Harcourt.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;The suspect dragged the victim into a stationary tricycle, popularly called Keke Napep, tied her hands, covered her mouth to prevent her from raising alarm, and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her before fleeing the scene.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;In a swift response, operatives were mobilized to the scene, and the victim was promptly taken to the Police Hospital, Port Harcourt, for medical treatment and examination. At about 2200hrs the same day, the suspect was apprehended through coordinated intelligence.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The PPRO noted that the suspect and exhibits recovered from the scene of the incident including the tricycle are currently in police custody while discreet investigation is ongoing.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She reaffirmed the unwavering commitment of Commissioner of Police in the State, CP Olugbenga Adepoju to ensuring that perpetrators of crime in the state face the full wrath of the law.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He urged parents and guardians to keep close watch over their children and wards, adding that &#8220;such predators are within our neighborhood and report any suspicious activities to the nearest police station or other security agencies.&#8221;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Our Correspondent A 48-year-old man identified as Emmanuel George, has been arrested by the Police for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl inside a tricycle in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. The Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Grace Iringe-Koko who disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Monday said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1137,4583,4582,3242,4581,2020,212,1684],"class_list":["post-7201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-activities","tag-confessed","tag-defiled","tag-discreet","tag-distress","tag-interrogation","tag-investigation","tag-suspicious"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7202,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7201\/revisions\/7202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}